Psychiatric Services
- Volume 36
- Number 11
- November 1985
Article
Publication date: 01 November 1985
Pages1169–1174The results of a, survey of 71 directors of community mental health centers in 15 states in 1982 and 1983 indicate that CMHCs made major changes in their services, staffing, sources of revenue, administration, and organization to cope with shrinking ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.11.1169Publication date: 01 November 1985
Pages1174–1179An assessment of what happened to community mental health is presented through recent comments from psychiatrists who were deeply involved in the movement in the 1960s and 1970s and through an analysis of its current status in relation to corporate ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.11.1174Publication date: 01 November 1985
Pages1180–1183The alarming drop in the number of public-sector psychiatrists in recent years has caused great concern and has prompted efforts to attract young, talented psychiatrists to the public mental health system. To investigate their belief that poor job quality ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.11.1180Publication date: 01 November 1985
Pages1184–1187Although everyone may not agree with the conclusions reached by Drs. Leehey and Misiaszek in the preceding article, there is no question that the dwindling number of psychiatrists in the public sector represents a major shift in the staffing of public ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.11.1184Publication date: 01 November 1985
Pages1187–1191Family members involved in a patient's hospitalization on a psychiatric research unit have special concerns related to the choice of the unit and the conduct of the patient's treatment. Based on work with 350 families of patients on a research unit, the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.11.1187Publication date: 01 November 1985
Pages1192–1200The author reviews current treatments for depression, emphasizing the biological therapies as the source of numerous developments in recent years. He outlines findings related to drug selection, the newer antidepressants, nonstandard antidepressants such ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.11.1192Publication date: 01 November 1985
Pages1201–1205As commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, the senior author in 1975 initiated a reorganization of the department designed to provide greater continuity of care for deinstitutionalized patients by integrating management of hospital ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.11.1201Publication date: 01 November 1985
Page1254The Ideas column features brief notes about interesting or unusual programs, novel approaches to therapy, and useful resources in the mental health field. Contributions to ideas are welcomed. Items, not exceeding 200 words, should be sent to the Editor, ...
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